After having just lost a big portion of his stack with a bluff, Tom Dwan was all in for 174,000 on the feature table with the 
and Alan Sass looked him up with the 
.
Despite picking up a ton of outs, Dwan failed to get there on a board of 
and exited in 13th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,000,000 | 250,000 |
|
Busted |
On the turn of a board 
over on the feature table, Ivan Leow bet 100,000 with the 
and Wai Kin Yong called with the 
for a straight, while Tom Dwan came along with 
. The 
river paired the board and Dwan was first to act, then over bet for 650,000.
Leow quickly folded, while Yong took a long time before calling for a big portion of his own remaining stack with the queen-high straight. Dwan was caught with the fingers in the cookie har, while Yong jumped up to 154 antes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,850,000 | 700,000 |
|
1,400,000 | -300,000 |
|
|
200,000 | -800,000 |
Over on the outer table five players limped in to see a flop of 
and Mikita Badziakouski checked first to act. Mikhail Smirnov from one seat over bet 100,000 and Badziakouski was the only caller. Both players then checked the turn and 
river and Badziakouski flashed pocket kings to scoop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,300,000 | 300,000 |
|
1,070,000 | 170,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 12,000
The remaining 13 players are back in their seats and the action has recommenced with only a few minutes left in the current level.
Over on the feature table a four-way turn of 
emerged and Gabe Patgorski bet 50,000 with the 
. Jamie Kaplan raised to 161,000 with for trips eights while Mikhail Smirnov folded the 
. Jason Koon moved all in with the 
for 840,000 and that forced out Patgorski, while Kaplan called all in for 734,000.
The on the river failed to improve Kaplan and he was sent to the rail, while Koon, who had re-entered at the end of the dinner break, suddenly soared up to 2.6 million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000 | 780,000 |
|
Busted |
Jason Koon jammed with the 
against the of Jamie Kaplan over on the feature table and the board of to give Koon the second double up in quick succession prior to the two table redraw.
In the meanwhile, Mikhail Smirnov lost a big chunk of his former massive stack and remains the chip leader with Phil Ivey hot on his heels.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,000,000 | -1,500,000 |
|
1,976,000 | 426,000 |
|
|
820,000 | 520,000 |
|
|
744,000 | 104,000 |
After taking down a pot against Phil Ivey, Mikhail Smirnov proceeded to do the same against Tom Dwan. The latter bet the 
river on the feature table for 70,000 with the 
and Smirnov called with for trips eights to rake in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,400,000 | -1,100,000 |
|
|
1,000,000 | 900,000 |
One player busted at the feature table while both outer tables lost one player each to reduce the field from 16 to just 13 in a matter of minutes.
First togo was Chan Wai Long, who got it in for 400,000 with the and Furkat Rakhimov looked him up with the . The board came and Rakhimov missed out on his flush draw, but rivered two pair to score the knockout.
Rui Cao jammed for some 800,000 with 
off suit into the of Alan Sass and the board came 
. The final casualty will be revealed when the live stream has caught up on the action. All remaining updates will now be posted according to the stream time.
For the two table redraw, there was also a short break of around 10 minutes before the action has resumed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,750,000 | 1,550,000 |
|
850,000 | 350,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
While the chips went flying on the tables, the payouts were announced. The 61 entries in total to generate a prize pool of KD14,347,200 (approximately USD 1,827,900) and the top nine spots will be paid as follows.
| Place | Prize (in HKD) | Prize (in USD) | Prize (in EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4,749,200 | 604,977 | 505,812 |
| 2 | 3,199,000 | 407,505 | 340,708 |
| 3 | 1,937,000 | 246,745 | 206,300 |
| 4 | 1,334,000 | 169,932 | 142,077 |
| 5 | 918,000 | 116,939 | 97,771 |
| 6 | 689,000 | 87,768 | 73,382 |
| 7 | 560,000 | 71,336 | 59,643 |
| 8 | 488,000 | 62,164 | 51,974 |
| 9 | 473,000 | 60,253 | 50,377 |
